RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 291], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D] or [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear [D].
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; altar to l. CI in left field, H over S in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. Similar to bust type A (LUGDUNUM 289) except for presence of cuirass. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 243, no. 509 = LUGDUNUM 287 i 289; Bastien lists together Genius with modius and Genius towered) with bust A*2. Note, however, that according to Bastien's typology bust seen from rear is always draped and cuirassed. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 291 or as LUGDUNUM 289 [CORRECTION].

NOTES

Weight 5.45 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 72 (lot 1519) in June 2020 for GBP 140. Other specimens: - from eBay, March 2015; weight 6.84 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from Ian Sellars' collection; weight 7.13 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 50 (lot 633) in June for GBP 30; weight 5.51 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 51 and plate III, no. 56 ; weight 6.87 g [click for picture].